第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分。满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nest contained four  41  eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked (使震动) the mountain  42  one of the eggs to roll down the mountain,  43  a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must  44  and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen (母鸡)  45  to hatch (孵) and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born.  46 , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n)  47 . Soon, the eagle believed he was  48  more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, 49__his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and  50  a group of eagles soaring in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle  51 , “I wish I could soar like those birds.” The chickens shouted with 52 , “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar.”
The eagle  53  staring at his real family up above, 54  that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his  55  be known, he was told it couldn’t be done. That is  56  the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle  57  dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken.  58 , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle  59__.
You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, 60__  your dreams, not the words of a chicken.
41. A. large           B. curious                     C. small                       D. fortunate
42. A. guiding         B. blowing                   C. causing                    D. inviting
43. A. on                 B. over                         C. past                         D. to
44. A. introduce       B. punish                  C. protect                        D. share
45. A. offered         B. regretted                  C. managed                  D. turned
46. A. Carefully        B. Gently                        C. Sadly                      D. Luckily
47. A. chicken          B. eagle                        C. hero                         D. fool
48. A. something       B. everything            C. anything                   D. nothing
49. A. and             B. but                        C. so                        D. however
50. A. noticed             B. recognized            C. respected                  D. watched
51. A. cried               B. smiled                  C. argued                        D. explained
52. A. excitement       B. anger                   C. laughter                   D. surprise
53. A. approached         B. avoided                C. continued                 D. considered
54. A. promising          B. proving                C. believing                  D. dreaming
55. A. suggestion           B. advantage             C. dream                  D. discovery
56. A. what                B. why                     C. how                         D. when
57. A. went                B. enjoyed                C. began                   D. stopped
58. A. Happily              B. Finally                C. Quickly                        D. Probably
59. A. gave up                     B. broke down            C. passed away           D. died out
60. A. steal                B. follow                 C. have                          D. remember

第三部分阅读理解    （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin （顽童） was walking around the shining car．“Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for．He wished he had a brother like that．But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little．He thought he knew what the boy wanted．He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong again．“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps．Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast．He was carrying his little crippled （残疾） brother． He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs．His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent．And some day I’m going to give you one just like it… Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car．The shining-eyed older brother climbed in and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
56．The street urchin was very surprised when __________．
A．he saw the shining car            B．Paul told him about the car
C．he was walking around the car     D．Paul received an expensive car
57．From the story we know that the urchin __________．
A．wished to give his brother a car
B．wished Paul’s brother to give him a car
C．wished Paul could be a brother like that 
D．wished he could have a brother like Paul’s 
58．The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ______.
A．to show he had a rich friend        B．to show his neighbors the car
C．to let his brother ride in the car      D．to tell his brother about his wish
59．We can infer from the story that __________.
A．Paul couldn’t understand the urchin
B．the urchin’s wish came true in the end
C．the urchin wished to have a rich brother
D．the urchin had a deep love for his brother
60．The best title for the story probably is __________．
A．A Christmas Present    B．A Street Urchin  
C．A Brother Like That    D．An Unforgettable Ride

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting( attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The  boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, __36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 37, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the __38__ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest __40__he was unable to touch it. He began to __41__ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 44 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 45 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking 46 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or,  47 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. 48 seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk 49 . At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 50 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 51 like this, the more unhappy he became.
52 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t 53 . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is 54 more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to  55 our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better.

三..完形填空（２０分）
The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but they had nothing in common. Residents built walls to   36    influence from the other town.
In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very   37  . When women gave birth, they would compete to have the baby with the loudest  38  . There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because   39    was the symbol of success, people were always busy making money, with no time for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t    40  the intensity(紧张) and chose to drink to escape.
In Pleasure, the motto was: 41   you like it, do it. People grew up without pressure and   42    do anything they liked. Children played computer games day   43   night. At school, teachers didn’t care   44    students came or not. Workers might sit around the office all day long drinking coffee and doing  45  .Thanks to the lack of regulations，nobody worried about   46    their jobs. It was pleasure that   47 . The computers they used were old   48    from the town of Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to drugs   49   the emptiness(空虚) of their lives.Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is life   50  ?” But, just before life in the two towns completely   51   , there came a great person---Mr Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and    52   advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had   53   people in Pleasure began to make plans. They   54    the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The town’s people came to   55    the truth---there is no gap between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes(极端;两极端).
36. A. pick out        B. put out             C. leave out          D. keep out
37. A. best            B. richest             C. worst              D. least
38. A. smile           B. laugh              C. cry                D. sign
39. A. wealth          B. health             C. happiness           D. pleasure
40. A. catch           B. bear               C. make              D. live
41. A. Even though     B. Unless             C. As long as          D. While
42. A. should          B. might             C. had                D. could
43. A. and             B. after              C. or                 D. by
44. A. what            B. who              C. where              D. whether
45. A. nothing         B. something         C. anything            D. everything
46. A. finding          B. asking             C. doing              D. losing
47. A. mattered        B. cared             C. considered          D. minded 
48. A. ones            B. those            C. that                D. one
49. A. compared to     B. thanks to          C. as a result           D. because of
50. A. for             B. at                C. in                  D. to
51. A. gave            B. failed             C. lost                 D. saved
52. A. following        B. taking            C. seeking             D. giving
53. A. when            B. as                C. while               D. since
54. A. pulled off       B. pulled down       C. pulled out           D. pulled up
55. A. tell             B. realize            C. perform            D. doubt

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项.
As a young reporter, Sparky asked Lu Haoting, a business reporter from China Daily, for help on interviewing．He found that interviewing people is not as  1 as just asking questions．To his  2 , journalists also need to do a lot of homework  3  an interview．
Lu shared her  4 of a recent interview with the president of Boeing China, David Wang, with Sparky．
There are two  5 of interviews, inclusive （群访） and exclusive （专访）．The inclusive interview is 6 in the form of a press conference．
In a（n） 7interview, only you and the interviewee talk  8 ．You need to  9 all your questions for both types of interviews  10 ．
"  11 you don’t prepare, you will ask some silly questions and  12  your time," Lu said．
"I wanted to know Boeing’s new strategy in the Chinese market．13 I checked out over 20 reports from different newspapers about Boeing and its rival, Airbus," Lu said．She also found useful  14 about the two companies on their websites．
On many occasions, interviewees  15 journalists to provide a question list in advance of an interview．In order to  16 a proper objective story Lu also interviewed some  17 to get their comments on Boeing’s performance in China．
18 her interview with David Wang only lasted about half an hour, her  19 helped her to ask many good questions about Boeing’s development in China．
"After a successful interview, you always find all that homework was really  20 it," Lu told Sparky．